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Evaluation of Global Fire Weather Database Reanalysis and Short-Term Forecast Products

Daily Fire Weather Index (FWI) System components calculated from the NASA Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2), are compared to FWI calculations from a global network of weather stations over 2004–2018, and short-term, experimental (8 d) daily FWI forecasts are evaluated for their skill across the Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World for 2018. FWI components from MERRA-2 were, in general, biased low compared to station data, but this reflects a mix of coherent low and high biases of different magnitudes. Biases in different MERRA-2 FWI components were related to different biases in weather input variables for different regions, but temperature and relative humidity biases were the most important overall. FWI forecasts had high skill for 1–2 d lead times for most of the world. For longer lead times, forecast skill decreased most quickly at high latitudes and was most closely related to decreasing skill of relative humidity forecasts. These results provide a baseline for the evaluation and use of fire weather products calculated from global analysis and forecast fields.

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Implementation of a Very Large Atmospheric Correction Lookup Table for ASTER Using a Relational Database Management System

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)is designed to provide a high resolution map of the Earth in both visible, near-infrared, and thermal spectral regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The ASTER Science Team has developed several standard data product algorithms, but the most complex aod computing-intensive of these is the estimation of surface radiance and reflectance values, which is done by modeling and correcting for the effects of the atmosphere. The algorithm for atmospheric correction in the visible bands sensed by ASTER calls for use of a very large Atmospheric Correction Look Up Table (ACLUT).

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A New Generation of Intelligent Trainable Tools for Analyzing Large Scientific Image Databases

In a variety of scientific disciplines two-dimensional digital image data is now relied on as a basic component of routine scientific investigation. The proliferation of image acquisition hardware such as multi-spectral remote-sensing platforms, medical imaging sensors, and high-resolution cameras have led to the widespread use of image data in fields such as atmospheric studies, planetary geology, ecology, agriculture, glacielogy, forestry, astronomy, diagnostic medicine, to name but a few.

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pyEGAF: Modernization of the EGAF database

One of the most comprehensive resources for thermal neutron-capture data is the Evaluated Gamma-ray Activation File (EGAF), containing data from prompt gamma activation analysis measurements carried out at the Budapest Research Reactor for 245 isotopes. Although these valuable datasets have been freely available for many years, the outdated and cryptic adopted format makes it difficult to utilize the data and it is not generally suitable for modern computational technologies. Furthermore, to help overcome these challenges, we have converted the datasets into an open standard JSON format. Additionally, we have developed a Python implementation of an open-source software package, pyEGAF, designed to interact with the JSON data structures for general purpose access, manipulation, and rapid assessment of the capture-gamma data in EGAF.

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EMT-related long non-coding RNA in hepatocellular carcinoma: A study with TCGA database

Highlights: • Integrated analysis identifies EMT-associated lncRNA in HCC. • Candidate lncRNA-associated genes are enriched in EMT-linked pathways. • LncRNA WDFY3-AS3, MIAT, and MEG3 contribute to the EMT phenotype of HCC cells. Accumulating evidence suggest that dysregulated expression of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) plays a critical role in human tumorigenesis. However, little is known about the lncRNA implicated in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process. In this study, we performed data mining in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) data set and identified the a spectrum of differentially expressed lncRNAs implicated the EMT process of HCC, and functionally validated their roles in LM3 cells. Especially, lncRNA WDFY3-AS2-, LINC00472-, MIAT-, and MEG3-associated genes were significantly enriched in EMT-linked pathways. Loss-of-function study showed that genetic silencing of WDFY3-AS3, MIAT, and MEG3, but not LINC00472, resulted in reduced N-cadherin expression, cell migration, and cell invasion. Collectively, our results identify several lncRNAs that regulate the EMT process of HCC, which provides critical information for HCC tumorigenesis and potential therapeutic targets.

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Trends in Use of Hypofractionated Whole Breast Radiation in Breast Cancer: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database

Use of hypofractionated radiation (HR) as a component of breast-conserving treatment (BCT) in breast cancer is relatively low in the United States despite studies demonstrating its efficacy and guidelines supporting its use from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in 2011 and 2018. Little is known regarding national trends in uptake and factors associated with uptake of HR in the US since the 2011 ASTRO guidelines.

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Salvage Mastectomy Versus Second Conservative Treatment for Second Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Event: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Analysis of the GEC-ESTRO Breast Cancer Working Group Database

Second conservative treatment has emerged as an option for patients with a second ipsilateral breast tumor event after conserving surgery and breast irradiation. We aimed to address the lack of evidence regarding second breast event treatment by comparing oncologic outcomes after conservative treatment or mastectomy.

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Dislocation density-based plasticity model from massive discrete dislocation dynamics database

In this work, we present a dislocation density-based strain hardening model for single crystal copper through a systematic coarse-graining analysis of more than 200 discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) simulations of plastic deformation under uniaxial tension. The proposed constitutive model has two components: a generalized Taylor relation connecting resolved shear stresses to dislocation densities on individual slip systems, and a generalized Kocks-Mecking model for dislocation multiplication. The DDD data strongly suggests a logarithmic dependence of flow stress on the plastic shear strain rate on each slip system, and, equivalently, an exponential dependence of the plastic shear strain rate on the resolved shear stress. Hence the proposed generalized Taylor relation subsumes the Orowan relation for plastic flow. The DDD data also calls for a correction to the Kocks-Mecking model of dislocation multiplication to account for the increase of dislocation density on slip systems with negligible plastic shear strain rate. This is accomplished by allowing the multiplication rate on each slip system to include contributions from the plastic strain rates of the two coplanar slip systems. The resulting constitutive model successfully captures the strain hardening rate dependence on the loading orientation as predicted by the DDD simulations, which is also consistent with existing experiments.

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